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_Carolina News_ Texas A&M from page 1 A&M senior Jennifer Burrows said she felt as if she’d lost 12 siblings after the accident. An interesting statement, considering Burrows had never even met any of the dead. “That doesn’t matter,” Burrows said. “Everyone here is like a family. We all believe in the same thing, and that’s carrying on those A&M traditions.” Traditions. More than most schools, A&M is defined by traditions. Before they ever sit through their first class as freshmen, students go through a four day orientation period that deals solely with traditions. “From inside looking out, you can’t explain it,” junior Laura Wilkinson said. “And from the outside looking in, you can’t understand it.” ' The bonfire, though, is easily the Aggies’ biggest rallying point. Started in 1909, the bonfire began as a pile of trash and scrap wood that stu dents burned before football games against the University of Texas. Over the years the structure grew to be six tiers and 55 feet high. Still, it has always car ried the same meaning, a “burning” desire lo beat archrival Texas. Volunteer students, many of them members of A&M’s Corps of Cadets, begin preparations for the bonfire in Sep tember by cutting down between 6,000 and 7,000 trees. Once the actual build ing starts, students work in one of two shifts: 6 p.m. to midnight or midnight to 6 a.m. “Even if you don’t work on it, you go watch it and appreciate it,” junior Danny Crane said. “I think that’s part of the reason this is so much harder to take. They were building that for the school, for the tradition. They were do ing it for us.” This tragedy has caused some to question whether the Aggies should con tinue with the 90-year-old event, an opinion opposed by most, including the victims’ parents. There also have been concerns raised as lo whether workers were following proper safely procedures during the build ing process. Those who came to the po lo fields Thursday were hardly in the mood to discuss such subjects. “The national media are the one pointing fingers,” senior Ryai. Moshell said. “Ever since this happened, no one at A&M has pointed a finger at anyone else. All we’ve cared about is being there for one another. That’s all that’s impor tant right now.” The Aggies were certainly in a sup portive mode Thursday. Before the evening candlelight vigil, mourners came by the thousands earlier in the day to view the makeshift memorials that had been constructed around the security fence. une woman Drought a dozen ros es, one for each of the dead, and placed one below each of the 12 wooden crosses. Poems, Bible verses and letters were attached to the fence along with pictures and flowers. The ground was strewn with teddy bears, footballs, hard hats, snuff cans and other reminders of the victims. A wood en wall was cluttered with signatures from well-wishers. The support has extended beyond College Station. Instate rivals Baylor and Texas Tech have sent banners and cards and other various mementos. It's the efforts from the Universi ty of Texas, though, that have left Ag gies awestruck. The Longhorns were host to a uni ty gathering Monday. Several days ear lier, a campus blood drive drew about 400 students. That, coach Mack Brown said, is about 350 more people than a normal blood drive attracts.“Rivalries aren’t built on hate,” said Brown, whose team is 9-2. “They’re built on respect.” Y2K from page 1 After viewing the report, they de clared that institutions of higher educa tion are among the least prepared for 2000. “1 see a big problem here, even though we've finally seen progress in this area,” John Koskinen, chairman of the President's Council on Year 200 Conversion, told the Chronicle of High er Education. To help schools determine just how 'Y2K compliant they are, the Depart ment of Education has come up with checklists and questions for school ad ministrators. Dorms from page 1 off. I would'prefer to be able to put the air on sometimes,” Haynie said. Another Towers resident, Hyacinth Davis, complained about the constant heat in the halls of Laborde, but hasn’t had any problems in her room. “They are working pretty well. We haven’t had any problems. I wish it was a little cooler outside so we could use the heat, but it is satisfactory,” Davis said. Luna said he thought the Towers, which have the airflow control system, offer the least amount of control for stu dents to regulate room temperature. He said newer residence halls like South Quad have state-of-the-art systems. South Quad resident Tonya Holmes likes having a thermostat in her room. “Last semester I stayed in Sims, and 1 couldn’t control the air in the room. I like it here a lot better. On a scale of one to 10 it’s a 10,” Holmes said. Other residents with thermostats feel the same way, but some have minor prob lems. Columbia Hall resident Nathan Todd said his thermostat, once started, takes ten minutes to reach the desired tem perature. Thomwell resident Lynn Berry has an inaccurate thermostat, but she said she has figured out how to get the tem perature she wants. She said she puts it on 50 degrees to stay cool and 60 de grees to stay warm. Pinckney/Legare resident Samantha Harter would like to have a thermostat in her room. “Even when we turn off the heat it still comes in. I have a fan blowing on me at all times because it’s too hot,” Har ter said. “I wjsh they would turn on the air. We are stuck suffering.” Harter said she called her area of fice, but they said nothing could be done. Luna disagrees. “If it’s really excessive then we will check it out. Students may need to put in a maintenance request,” Luna said. McClintock resident Leslie Stevens had her system fixed at the beginning of the year. “Wfe are satisfied with it because they fixed it. At the beginning of the year it didn’t work at all, but now it’s fine,” Stevens said. If students who want to help fix the problem themselves can open their windows, use fans to keep cooler or turn off the heat. Both Matt Brice and William Couch live in Capstone and said they’ve resorted to turning off their heat. Capstone resi dents can control the airflow but not the temperature. “It’s really not that big of a problem, but it can be an inconvenience. They re ally just change it from day to day. Some times it’s really cold and sometimes it’s really hot. We usually just keep it off,” Couch said. Luna said a change from current sys tems to thermostats would cost between $500,000 and $1 million. Professorship from page 1 try. Edgar, who teaches South Carolina and Southern history at USC, is already an accomplished lecturer. Prior to being awarded the profes sorship, Edgar’s lecture credits includ ed being the keynote speaker at the Vet erans Hospital Veterans Day celebration and a Palmetto Day speaker at Charleston’s Fort Moultrie in recogni tion of America’s 1776 defeat of the British in the American Revolution. And in addition to the 30 lectures Edgar will give at schools across the state next year, as a George Washington pro fessor, he will also speak on the im portance and historical impact of reli gious freedom to Charleston’s Supreme Court Historical Society in February. Edgar’s popularity as a historical speaker and his receiving of the profes sorship could be viewed as merely fur ther affirmations of his status as a well-respected authority on history. “South Carolina: A History” has sold more than 20,000 copies and is enter ing its fourth pressing, while remaining the number one selling book in South Carolina on Amazon.com, the internet book superstore. “It’s nice to beat out Harry Potter and John Grisham,” Edgar said. As a result, New York’s Avon Books will publish Edgar’s 2000 offering on the American Revolution. But Edgar doesn’t discount the pro fessorship. Though he said the success and at tention he has received as a successful author has been gratifying, the George Wasliington award is in a class all its own. “The professorship was something so unexpected and very special,” Edgar said. 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